The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 24
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte DOUWE FOLKERT TOLSMA
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Appeal No. 2002-1897
Application No. 09/207,420
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ON BRIEF
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Before THOMAS, DIXON, and BARRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
BARRY, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
A patent examiner rejected claims 1-5. The appellant appeals therefrom under
35 U.S.C. § 134(a). We affirm-in-part.
BACKGROUND
The invention at issue concerns data structures for data relating to entities that
"may or may not be known beforehand." (Spec. at 1.) According to the appellant, a
data structure called a "relational database" has been used to manage such data
heretofore. (Id.) Data in such a database are stored in tables wherein a relation can be
made between respective fields of different tables to express a correspondence.
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